death penalty

noun

1. 死刑；极刑
   the punishment of being killed that is used in some countries for very serious crimes
   1. the abolition/return of the death penalty
      死刑的废除 / 恢复
   2. The two men are facing the death penalty .
      这二人面临死刑。

1. N-SING 死刑;极刑
   The death penalty is the punishment of death used in some countries for people who have committed very serious crimes.
   1. If convicted for murder, both youngsters could face the death penalty.
      如果谋杀罪名成立，这两个年轻人都可能会被判处死刑。

1. The House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected demands to bring back the death penalty for murder
   下议院以绝对多数否决了对谋杀罪恢复死刑的要求。
2. The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder
   议会于翌年表决对谋杀罪废除死刑。
3. We do not ask for the death penalty: barbarism must not be met with barbarism.
   我们不赞成死刑：不能以暴制暴。
4. The House of Commons is to debate once again whether to bring back the death penalty.
   下议院将再次就是否恢复死刑展开辩论。
5. It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.
   这是间谍罪，应判死刑。
6. If convicted for murder, both youngsters could face the death penalty.
   如果谋杀罪名成立，这两个年轻人都可能会被判处死刑。
7. Supporters of the death penalty argue that it would deter criminals from carrying guns
   死刑的支持者认为它能阻吓罪犯携带枪支。
8. The Government of Jamaica consider it imprudent to abolish the death penalty.
   牙买加政府认为废除死刑是轻率之举。
9. Amnesty International opposes the death penalty as a violation of the right to life.
   国际特赦组织反对死刑，称其违背了生命权。
10. Thirteen people have been charged with treason — an offence which can carry the death penalty
    13人被控犯有叛国罪——一种可处死刑的罪行。
11. One of those arrested could face the death penalty
    被捕的那些人中有一人可能被判死刑。
12. There have now been 139 executions since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
    自1976年恢复死刑以来共有139人被处决。
13. The death penalty was never restored.
    再也没有恢复死刑。
14. The prosecutors have warned they will seek the death penalty
    检控方律师已警告说他们会努力争取判处死刑。
15. It's now unlikely that future parliaments will bring back the death penalty
    现在看来，将来议会不太可能恢复死刑。
16. I can't agree with the letter writer who claims bringing back the death penalty would be an abuse of human rights.
    我不能赞同写信人所称恢复死刑就是侵犯人权的说法。
17. Death penalty is a deterrent to violent crimes.
    死刑是对暴力犯罪的一种震慑力。
18. I saw on the TV of a death penalty execution yesterday.
    我昨天在电视上看到了执行死刑。
19. You're dropping the death penalty?
    你要放弃死刑判决了？
20. The president has introduce the death penalty for certain crime against the state.
    总统介绍了对付某些反对国家罪行的死刑。
21. I also believe the death penalty in the US and China is wrong.
    我也认为美国和中国的死刑是不对的。
22. Many people think that the death penalty is too severe a punishment for any crime.
    许多人认为对任何罪行来说死刑都过于严重了。
23. The death penalty has been done away with in many European countries.
    许多欧洲国家已废除了死刑。
24. Although life imprisonment is a better substitute for the death penalty sentence.
    虽然无期徒刑是一种代替死刑的比较好的刑罚。
25. The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in1976.
    最高法院在1976年恢复了死刑。
26. New Zealand abolished the death penalty for murder in 1941.
    1941年新西兰废除了对谋杀罪的死刑。
27. I got death penalty anyway.
    我怎么样都是死刑了。
28. Therefore the death penalty because its severity becomes the attack crime and the maintenance social stability most effective weapon.
    因此死刑因其严厉性成为打击犯罪和维护社会稳定的最有效武器。
29. Still, advocates of the death penalty argue that abolishing capital punishment would hurt crime victims and their families.
    然而，死刑的拥护者们表示废除死刑可能伤害到刑事犯罪的受害者和他们的家人们。
30. Besides, the principle of the death penalty do not extradite whether or not belongs to international common law.
    另外，死刑不引渡原则是否构成了国际习惯法也没有定论。

noun

1. putting a condemned person to death

   Synonym:    executionexecutingcapital punishment